Glen Kim

For over 16 years, Glen has been producing and leading design programs that have been awarded numerous international design awards, patents and used in millions of homes. His work has been featured in the Harvard Business Review, the cover of Newsweek and numerous international design and business publications. Throughout his consulting and corporate career, he has worked with and provided design solutions to companies like: Nike, LG, HP, Nokia, JBL, Gateway, Acer, and Vizio. His designs have not only been recognized for their innovation and thoughtful, purpose driven solutions but for also helping companies clearly define their design identity, market distinction, user experience, and opportunities for growth. In addition to providing his creative, design capabilities and leadership, Glen has been able to utilize his extensive experience and knowledge of the development process, engineering principles, and manufacturing process to ensure that ideas are not just conceived but successfully brought to market.

Key Attributes

Proven ability to not only build, develop, mentor and lead a creative team but to also proactively promote cross functional collaboration to ensure that short/ long term design and business goals are effectively met.

Strong communicator, proactive team player, listener and observer. Ability to empathizes and carefully assess different view points, needs, research data and curate the information to formulate a clear and distinct vision.

Inquisitive, resourceful, creative thinker and problem solver with a track record of uncovering key areas of opportunities and delivering unique design solutions and user experiences that provide market advantages. Proven ability to apply design thinking to resolve and overcome, business, cost, mechanical and process challenges to maintain design intent.

Keen eye for form, proportion, color and details and the engineering, material, process and manufacturing experience/aptitude to successfully bring ideas to fruition.

Strategic design planning and developing scalable design attributes that differentiates and solidifies brand identity

Ability to manage multiple complex programs that involve numerous internal and external resources (cross functional teams, international ODMs, vendors etc.).

Proven ability in identifying areas of risk, inefficiencies, and implementing tools to optimize resources and deliver quality solutions on schedule. Experienced in handling stressful situations with clarity, diplomacy and objectivity to define clear, rational solutions.

Software | Solidworks, Rhino, Keyshot, Photoshop, Illustrator, and MS Office